Am also adrift. Have you watched Grace and Frankie? Might not be the type of ridiculous you are looking for, but it is so funny plus heartwarming.
I frequently feel like the "out for delivery" status is mocking me. Amazon (I know, I'm not proud) has decided to try to save money and routes packages to me through a cut-rate shipping company with closest distribution center 4 hours way. The first two packages that went there never even made it to my actual town. The last one made it here. . . at 9:30 p.m. on the "out for delivery" day. I was SO glad that I had held off on the nasty note I had planned to write to Amazon for missing yet another delivery.
I always say that I "hate change," but what I really mean is something closer to what you wrote up there about routines and established patterns. I have recently realized that part of my resistance to change is that I am a rule follower, so when I am in familiar circumstances, I know the rules and am comfortable. When things change, I feel like I have to re-learn the rules, and I am insecure about mistakes I might make before I figure out the new rules.
I am not happy with where my career is, but I am comfortable with my stable job and salary, and therefore I am reluctant to shake up my routine too much because then things get "scary."
So I guess what I am saying is that I hear you. :-) It is helpful to read this post and the comments above and realize that others struggle with this, as well.
This is so great -- well done and thank you!!
OMG, thank you -- I needed a little bit of good news! I must go make sure the DVR will find it. . . .
Yup, me too. A+ plan, us.
If someone else hadn't said it, I was going to have to say it.
Oh, gosh, I thought the end of the piece was hard enough, and then you went and made it worse/better!
Everyone's already covered this, but I only have a couple more days to comment here, so: go with your gut. We're often taught to ignore our instincts and just be polite or take a chance on people, etc., but if your gut says this doesn't feel right, trust that.
I'm late with this, but I also really liked Seveneves. I understand a lot of the criticisms, and the third section felt a little shorter than I wanted because the first two sections were so amazing, but the concept is right up my wheelhouse and I also kept thinking about it afterward.
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